The recent interest shown in cooperation between workers needs to be supported by an analysis of the situation of worker cooperation in Italy. In particular, there is interest in examining the conditions under which the management of the cooperative and the regulation of the relationship with worker-members are guaranteed to work efficiently and effectively. Read More
Following many company crises and the high (and growing) rates of youth unemployment, particularly among graduates, there has recently been a renewed interest in cooperation among workers. Read More
This research sprung out of the practitioner forums (known in Italian as Cantieri, “building sites”), run by Euricse, and specifically the cooperative credit practitioner forum. The group’s objective was to define what makes a “Buona Cassa Rurale” (good cooperative bank) and what are the parameters on which cooperative banks should work in order to respect all of their objectives and principles, both those relating to banking and to their cooperative nature. Read More
The aim of this research project was to evaluate the ability of a large consumer cooperative (COOP) to promote internal participation by members and to attract volunteer members, involving and satisfying them and inspiring loyalty through the policy of making members active by introducing the figure of the “elected volunteer member”. Read More
The research originated out of a need expressed by some cooperative banks to understand the strengths and weaknesses of their relationship with members and banks’ capacity to encourage participation, transmit values and be perceived as different, belonging to the local area and its members. Read More
Taking consumer cooperatives as its subject, this research project focused on the issues of attention towards members and attention towards the community, with the aim of delving into the mutual nature versus the social role that consumer cooperatives perform in their local areas. Read More